What the HEK?
Type
Blog Post
Published
April 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
...chromosomes are represented by two to three copies, but several have four. No Y chromosome is present in this line... line, making it genetically female. HEKs are generally cultured as an adherent monolayer, though derivatives...plasmids with the SV40 origin of replication. To generate a virus, you need only transfect the ‘helper’ ...the way up to the production of clinical viral therapies.
Protein production
HEKs are extremely easy ... and bacteria, but HEKs are also particularly vulnerable to viral infection. Yes, your cells can catch...